Adventures in Knitting, Photography and in Life

A Much Needed Weekend

I don’t know what ya’ll did this weekend, but I had the best time! I took full advantage of the long holiday weekend here in the States and headed to the mountains with some friends. Epic off-roading led to our campsite for the weekend in the mountains near Salida, CO.

Friday we woke early (but later than intended) and hiked Humboldt Peak, a gorgeous 14er that ended up being about 19 miles.

The mountain saw fit to grow us our own bouquet and dispersed the flowers throughout the entirety of the hike.

Many marmots were seen, more were heard and only a few had the opportunity to be hassled by Miss Mona Lisa. Both pups took every opportunity to sit in the shade and/or grass on the way down from the peak, they were completely exhausted (as were the people).

Saturday a few of us took some more phenomenal off-road paths and ended up in Great Sand Dunes National Park through the back entrance – absolutely gorgeous drive that most cars can probably not accomplish. If you can, I highly recommend it.

The Sand Dunes are such a weird thing, totally out of place amidst the mountains and greenery that is the rest of Colorado but very majestic and powerful.

Knitting accompanied me and plenty of drive-time allowed me to make good progress on The Complicated Sweater which I will share with you once it’s completed!